All Steam Ahead 2021 – Belt Up Part 3

 All Steam Ahead 2021 – Belt Up Part 3

On to the Final Stage of Embellishing the Belt. If you ever want to confuse a Bicycle shopkeeper go and ask them for a Bicycle Chain and then try it on for size.

In Spirit

 

Another Tip from Lovely Laura of https://www.alyssa-rose.co.uk/ It is not often you want to take Oil off a Bicycle Chain but if you do use White Spirit or Turps. After leaving it overnight then wiping it down with some baby wipes it came out a brilliant Silver Colour.

Superglue Chain

 

I knew what kind of Pattern I was going for and if you look at the Photograph above you can see that I am placing the Chain Over one Hole and Under the next.

Be careful when using Superglue. Don’t do what I did and Squeeze the tube too hard and end up Gluing your fingers together. It might be worth having some Nail Varnish Remover on standby.

Chain Glued

 

I carried on Supergluing the Chain along the Belt. I didn’t go right to the end otherwise it wouldn’t have gone through the Buckle.

Copper Wire

 

Now I can do many things but Reverse the pull of Gravity isn’t one of them. The Belt was now extremely Heavy and I wasn’t sure that the Superglue alone would hold it.

Therefore I pushed Copper Wire through the Holes and Tied around the Chain for extra Strength.

Inner Belt

 

As you can see from the above photograph the Copper Wire is holding the Chain in place at both the Top and the Bottom.

Steel and Copper Complete

 

The Belt is now complete. There is even a little bit of the Chain dangling where you can Hook something on. Since the weather is warm I am going to hang a Fan from it.